Cycling the Bay Area & Stories from the Garden

And now, for something completely different…

This is my desk plant for my office at work, an Anthurium andreanum which was a tiny little thing when I picked it up a couple of weeks back. The Anthurium absolutely loves the climate in our office – a wee warm – and is now growing, growing, growing!!

I just give it a nice soaking every week – shoot it with a bit of mist every now and then – and she pretty much takes care of herself. Thankfully, my office has a nice, large frosted skylight, which allows a lot of indirect sunlight to keep her happy!

Anthurium - another view

Anthurium - from the top down

The other office plants – if you have been following along, you may recall a post about them a couple of months ago – were in rough shape. The had become entirely root-bound and had basically consumed all of the soil and any nutrients the soil may have once contained. They were dying, water would not help, they needed some intense intervention!

I pulled all of them out of their pots – pruned back the overgrown roots – pulled out the parts of the palms that were just not going to make it, and re-potted them with fresh soil / compost mix and some slow release fertilizer, then got them back onto a regular deep watering regimen.

The end result – I am happy to say is three thriving, happy, and best of all, healthy office plants that appear to be flourishing in their new surroundings.

This one can finally stand on its own - no more string to hold it up!

The fan palms - w/ celery root added for some interest

another view of the palms in our office entry-way

Happy Gardening Everyone – be it in your backyard, your community garden, on your patio, in your apartment, or even in your office – grow it, because you can!!